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South Africa Public Universities Rankings 2024

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	233	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	339	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	55	1191	31	140	279	399	518	625	723	857	1,048	1,138	1,191
2	2	311	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1537	David M. Richardson	55	1067	21	79	183	277	368	457	549	678	857	967	1,067
3	3	314	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1706	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	55	935	21	70	162	251	318	398	483	556	680	819	935
4	4	531	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8330	Fernando Albericio	55	818	9	45	113	197	253	305	361	434	621	752	818
5	5	560	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3657	Mike Wingfield	55	828	8	54	141	235	322	419	494	562	649	749	828
6	6	577	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	936	Loan Truong ⁱ	55	943	8	30	95	147	195	259	325	455	678	835	943
7	8	723	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8722	Christo Venter ⁱ	55	461	5	19	66	103	160	216	276	309	367	454	461
8	11	844	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11193	Roy Maartens	55	381	3	20	42	74	104	134	167	231	292	355	381
9	12	872	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	14567	Tebello Nyokong	55	255	3	15	35	62	92	114	125	153	178	231	255
10	20	989	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	33648	HC Swart	55	331	2	12	30	55	78	108	135	192	263	298	331
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11	26	1,121	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4583	Richard M. Cowling	55	187	2	3	7	23	30	40	60	80	118	154	187
12	28	1,129	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17657	AJ Afolayan	55	254	2	2	14	26	38	45	61	94	135	194	254
13	31	1,202	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	7281	Eno E. Ebenso	55	862	1	11	34	66	102	156	211	322	505	702	862
14	35	1,356	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1903	Timothy D Noakes	55	267	1	5	11	26	35	60	69	104	158	201	267
15	56	1,793	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	58738	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	55	207	0	7	19	30	40	56	76	106	134	178	207
16	57	1,795	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	43356	Faizal Bux	55	173	0	7	16	29	43	51	62	85	103	129	173
17	71	2,066	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	126483	David E. Motaung	55	197	0	3	5	15	19	26	36	63	118	170	197
18	81	2,164	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79689	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	55	152	0	2	9	19	23	33	50	65	98	124	152
19	90	2,228	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	116586	Thavendran Govender	55	83	0	2	6	10	16	19	21	34	50	69	83
20	112	2,561	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	83001	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	55	76	0	1	4	8	11	16	21	39	54	69	76
21	117	2,629	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	117795	Liviu Feller	55	91	0	1	3	8	11	17	22	34	51	73	91
22	132	2,842	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	122265	Augustine Ofomaja	55	91	0	1	1	7	11	13	19	31	44	70	91
23	150	3,148	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	222851	Stephen Akinlabi	55	123	0	0	4	5	12	21	27	47	72	100	123
24	170	3,360	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	175653	Tatenda Dalu	55	68	0	0	2	5	8	9	15	27	37	53	68
25	219	3,926	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	279549	Nhamo Chaukura	55	54	0	0	1	1	2	6	7	12	25	41	54
26	220	3,933	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	264038	Stewart Bernard	55	14	0	0	1	2	2	3	7	8	9	12	14
27	267	4,405	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	410665	Mehdi Sattari	55	53	0	0	0	1	4	8	13	18	30	45	53
28	668	8,672	Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology	South Africa	1997	Public	1091146	Arno Meyer	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1